Narrative Language Skills

Question 1

Factors of Narrative Skills

Answer 1

Semantic and morphosyntactic skills

Processing

Sequencing and organizing

Determining relevance

Reasoning and problem-solving skills

Perspective-taking

Question 2

Teaching Narrative Elements

Answer 2

• Use meaningful, grade-level terms
• Meet the child where he is
• Begin with simple, familiar stories
• Multi-modality teaching
• Teach new forms gradullay
• Model microstructure

Question 3

Macrostructure

Answer 3

Different elements, organization of a narrative

Question 4

Microstructure

Answer 4

Overall output, 
total number of words, 
number of different words, 
syntax, 
number of T units
Proportion of complex sentences
SALT analysis

Question 5

Facilitating Comprehension

Answer 5

Preparatory Set

• Ask questions about what the kid thinks the book will be about
• preview vocabulary
• Specific narrative questions

During Oral Reading

• Ask what the kid things will happen next
• Make it interactive
• Do you read the book word for word?
• • Based on literacy - pre literacy can make it more simple for them, post literacy read word for word because they can follow along
• Not looking at memory, looking at comprehension

After Reading

• Use visual tools/story maps
• Ask questions

Question 6

Facilitating Production of Narratives

Answer 6

Story re-telling

Personal narratives

• familiar routines
• experience/event
• start with close ended questions and then have them put that info together

Story generation
- Ask them to change the ending of the story

Expository
- giving directions